Stories from Saturday, August 23, 2014

Nevada Daily Mail The traditional convocation ceremony at Cottey College features a not so traditional key note address 7 p.m. Monday at the auditorium of the Haidee and Allen Wild Center for the Arts. Joseryl Beckley, a dramatic mezzo-soprano, will perform four arias to begin the academic year with inspiration at the 131st opening of the college...

Nevada Daily Mail Little girls in India from the lowest strata of society have no value. They are often smothered at birth and thrown on the trash pile to be eaten by the dogs. Or in other cases, become fodder for the sex trade, said Steve Dean, who has been working to address this issue for several years...

Nevada Daily Mail Thousands of dollars, explosives, stolen property, over a half pound of crystal meth, and more than 40 guns were seized during a large scale investigation involving two search warrants this month. According to a press release from the Vernon County Sheriff's Office, approximately 255 grams of what is believed to be crystal meth was seized during one of the search warrants, making this one of the largest seizures of crystal meth in Vernon County...

Nevada Daily Mail In less than two weeks the 2014 dove season gets underway, and thousands of Missouri dove hunters are getting ready. Hunters looking for a place to open the season might check, the website mdc.mo.gov/18183 to get information on nearly 100 conservation areas across the state where crops have been planted to attract the birds...

Nevada Daily Mail In season-opening high school football action Friday night at Logan Field, the Nevada Tigers fell to the Willard Tigers 43-26. A major bright spot for Nevada was the performance of junior running back Chaden Brandt, who exploded for touchdown runs of 43 and 60 yards...